Jeff copper 7 insights adhd
Executive function thinking tools:
Self-awareness (the mind’s mirror) Self-restraint (the mind’s brake) Visual imagery (the mind’s eye) Verbal working memory (the mind’s voice) Emotional self-regulation (the mind’s heart) Playing with information in your mind (the mind’s playground) Two brain system
Self-Regulation (Automatic Brain) Self-Awareness + Emotional Self-Regulation = Self-Restraint Thinking Toward a Goal (EF Brain) Visual Imagery + Verbal Working Memory = Playing with Information in Your Mind Motivation
What you don’t do you are motivators to do someitug else Organic (procriaste, eat) and manufacturing motivation - you need rewards as adhd frequently Feeling - makes you joy think - react
Thinking processes categorization
Methodical (finite steps) Trial and error (simulations) Insightful (creativity; out-of-the-box thinking; innovation) Shifting the way your mind is set up to think (mindset)
Insights
Ambiguity is frequently the root of procastination Admit what is hard (you procastinate for legitamate reasons, so admit is hard and go look for what is hard about it) Boredom is physically unconfortable Every time someone ask what smth of you - what is hard what do you need Organization is 2 step project Pick an organization system (trial and error, effortful, requires visual imagery) The illusion of convenience - the illusion of reboot, if you use a system convenient that requires to to keep switching task it will make you less productive Working memory issue - downtime between emails make you need to reboot Paragraph by paragraph feedback is better ADHD escape - “I need to think about it” “I have to think about it” is typically avoiding it because is hard (are you really going to think about it) Characteristics of a task - easier to change the environment than yourself Go ask for help on the tasks that are demanding Trial and error you sometimes need to talk out loud Prioritization is the act of assigning relative level of importance. Task Darwinism is the natural selection of taskbased point of performance elements!
Think towards a goal need your working memory
ADHD